The trade in a mineral called Coltan is one of the least well publicized humanitarian and environment disasters in the world. We all know about the ethical problems around diamonds, thanks i… Read More

There is blood in our mobil phones Mobil phones, everyone owns one, indispensable in our modern lives. But what almost no one knows: in each one of these devices is blood.  Because… Read More

By Eleanor Sarasohn In terms of untapped mineral reserves, The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) is arguably the richest country in the world, with its estimated $24 trillion worth of n… Read More

This post is from April 2008. It responds to two posts by close blog-comrades of that time. The comment thread is worth reading too. (Jura Watchmaker is Francis Sedgemore, then part of the m… Read More